Sentences with phrase «against the speaker»

But the concerted pressure campaign against the speaker, which seemed to making her increasingly nervous as time went on, is over.

«I can't speak to the specific charges against the speaker, but I can say that outside income for legislators is a certain recipe for corruption.»

I listen to mostly metal music and have been right up against the speakers at a few concerts in my time, so my hearing isn't as great as it should be; at times I can not hear my husband speaking to me from across the room.

Higgins also once spoke out against Silver, and even backed former CNY Assemblyman Mike Bragman in his failed coup against the speaker.

Another anti-Quinn advocate, Louis Flores, who began protesting against the speaker ahead of the closing of St. Vincent's Hospital and is in the process of writing an anti-Quinn book, said he feels the momentum growing.

Finally, there's the fall out from the negotiations themselves, in which Assembly Democrats viewed Cuomo as having ganged up with Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan against their speaker, Carl Heastie.

An investigation into other allegations of bullying against the speaker was blocked by a committee of MPs

Unlike a few of his fellow Democrats, however, Murphy is not actively running against the speaker, although he has stressed his independence from leadership — and Washington in general.

Only two Democrats publicly went against Silver: Mickey Kearns of Buffalo and Charles Barron of Brooklyn, both of whom have spoken out against the speaker before.

The problem isn't the arrest itself or the charges levied against the speaker, who for years has accumulated wealth through private law firms in New York City.

To force a floor vote against the speaker's wishes, Reynoso and Torres would need a majority of their 51 colleagues to back them in a parliamentary maneuver called a «discharge of committee.»

Voice attacks against speaker recognition can be done using technical means, such as voice conversion, speech synthesis and replay attacks.

When it reached the cats» ears, they actually began purring and rubbing their bodies against the speakers in delight!

When comparing the cats» behaviours after both pieces of music were played, the researchers realised that their furry subjects were more content when Music For Cats was played — they purred more, rubbed against the speakers and oriented their heads towards the music.

The Apple product is billed as a high - end audio speaker powered by its Siri home assistant, putting it up against both speaker companies like Sonos and home assistants like Amazon's Echo series.

Personal Attack (Ad Hominem which is Latin for «against the man» indicating that the attack is directed against the speaker rather than his or her argument): This fallacy occurs when we reject someone's claim or argument by attacking that person rather than the person's claim or argument.

In a surprising show of support, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said Silver — his close ally in Albany — has always seemed like a «man of integrity» and insisted it was too early for his ouster, though he did acknowledge the charges against the speaker are «serious.»

More frequently, it was Bruno siding with his fellow Republican, former Gov. George Pataki, against the speaker, who saw it as it duty as the lone Democrat in the room to hold out as long as possible on all manner of liberal and downstate priorities.

To accuse a member of the Democratic majority in the Assembly was tantamount to going up against the speaker, the members of the conference and the institution itself, said another former legislative staffer who tried to report sexual harassment by a former assemblymember.

Silver's attorneys earlier released a statement calling the charges against the speaker «meritless,» and said, «Mr. Silver looks forward to responding to them — in court — and ultimately his full exoneration.»

Calling this «surround sound» is a stretch; most of the sound emanates from the front three channels and you won't hear the rear channel effects and score enforcement unless your ears are against those speakers.